What I'm Reading 08/31

I'm currently reading Back Spin by Harlan Coben, it's the 4th book in the Myron Bolitar series. I find the lead character to be incredibly funny and enjoyable in all of the series. I haven't really gotten into this one yet, but all the previous books have been good so I know I'll enjoy this one as well. If anyone likes good mysteries without the gore and horror this is the series to read.

I started Black Rednecks & White Liberals by Thomas Sowell 2 weeks ago on vacation. It's hard to read, but very interesting. I feel that I'm learning about race, culture, and slavery. My eyes were opened to a handful of things. The book is split into parts and the first part is about how old Souther "cracker" culture is similar to the inner-city black gangster culture of today. The second part was about middle man minorities which was less entertaining to read but still something I appreciated learning. I'm now reading more about slavery in the third part. So far, so good. When I get more motivated I'll read more.

The Tweltfth Card by Jeffrey Deaver is another Lincoln Rhymes novel. It's the 6th one, but I've completely read them out of order. So far, it's intriguing, but that's all I have so far.

Middlemarch. Yup, still trudging through. I'm halfway done at least! I just need to read 3% a week to finish it by the end of the year and I know I will do it. I can't wait to share that joy with book club, they will be so impressed. I'm actually starting to enjoy it. The characters are interesting and the concept of how they are just so stuck in their society and all it's expectations is becoming obvious to me.

Next: The Future Just Happened by Michael Lewis. LOVE HIM. So ML travels around the country and talks to all these people (back in 2000 when the internet wasn't at all what it is even today) who are using the internet to do incredible things - like help people or make money. The best part is the first two stories are about 15 year old boys. Their parents don't even know how to use the thing. But these teenagers are whiz kids. The first kid from New Jersey made like $800,000 doing day trades and it was so incredible that the SEC had to step in.

I'm also going through the bible-in-a year-plan. I'm only about 30% done with. I had to double up and do the bible-in-half-a-year-plan. The plan is good, you read from a different book each day of the week. I'm happy that I'm going through it. Some of the Old Testament books are hard to get through. So reading multiple chapters at once is hard to get through, but having them all together like that helps tell the story better.